Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of reference of the legal counsel who will examine the documentation related to the Grangegorman murder case; the nature and extent of the documentation that will be examined; the timescale for the examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12288/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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In view of the understandable grounds for concern that the late Mr. Dean Lyons made an apparently inculpatory statement in the case of the murders of Mary Callinan and Sylvia Shiels on 6/7 March 1997, I have decided in principle to refer the Garda papers in the case to outside counsel with a view to examining how Mr. Lyons came to make the confession and what lessons can be learned from that occurrence in an effort to ensure a similar occurrence does not happen again. I will shortly announce the terms of reference for the examination and the name of the counsel who will carry it out.